Personal Injury
My Child Was Injured from Faulty Playground Equipment. Can I Sue for Playground Injuries?
Every year, playground injuries bring around 220,000 children younger than 14 years to emergency rooms across the country. South Carolina and even its small cities like Elgin see their fair share of cases, many of them related to faulty playground equipment. Children fall, slip, bruise their knees and elbows, hit their heads, or injure their…
Read MoreHow Social Media Posts Can Damage a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Kershaw, SC
Whether you are the defendant or plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit, the content that you post on social media can be used in court against you. As such, it is important that you take great care to protect yourself in the online realm while involved in a personal injury case. How Can Social Media…
Read MoreI’m Not Happy with the Verdict for My Personal Injury Claim in Camden, South Carolina. Can I Appeal?
If a verdict or judgment for a case regarding personal injury in Camden, South Carolina, is not exactly what the plaintiff anticipated, then they do have the option to appeal the decision. However, it must be noted that if the plaintiff loses the case, they are not automatically eligible for an appeal, which is why…
Read MoreHow Do I Pursue a Personal Injury Claim in Camden on Behalf of My Child?
Accidents happen, and sometimes a child is involved. If the accident goes beyond the average bruise or injury that requires stitches, the possibility of a Camden personal injury claim comes into play. Seeing your child hurt is a parent’s worst nightmare. Therefore, the last thing on their mind would be a legal process and the…
Read MoreHow Can Pain and Suffering Affect Your Camden Personal Injury Case?
If you are familiar at all with the legal world, even if your experience is limited to television dramas or the movies, you have likely heard the term “pain and suffering.” Despite having a general idea of what it means, most people do not fully understand pain and suffering, nor do they know what they…
Read MoreWhat Does Diminished Earning Capacity Mean in South Carolina?
In addition to the compensation you receive as the result of a personal injury lawsuit to pay your medical expenses, there is also compensation available for estimated costs. For instance, your attorney will estimate a value related to your pain and suffering, based on cases that are similar to yours and on the opinions of…
Read MoreRecovering Compensation for a Knee Injury with a Columbia, South Carolina, Personal Injury Claim
The older you get, the more likely you are to sustain a knee injury. Knee injuries are frequently caused by simple wear and tear and idiopathic conditions, meaning that they arise without a discernible cause. When you can’t pinpoint the cause of your knee injury, or when it is caused by the wear and tear…
Read MoreWhen Does a Back Injury Result in a Personal Injury Claim in Columbia, South Carolina
Your back is essential to everything that you do. You need your back to be in good condition if you want to sit, stand, walk, sleep, dance, drive, lift, or do anything else comfortably. For most people, the importance of the back and spine in everyday life activities only becomes apparent when you find yourself…
Read MoreColumbia, South Carolina, Personal Injury Claims Involving Premises Liability
Premises liability claims are personal injury claims in which a property owner has failed to maintain their property or has created hazards, and those hazards resulted in injuries to someone on the property. Of course, it is not as simple as stating that your injury occurred on someone else’s property and they owe you money.…
Read MoreDo You Have a Slip and Fall Injury Claim in Columbia, South Carolina
Some of most frequently encountered personal injury claims at the Connell Law Firm are premises liability claims, and among them, slip and fall injury claims. These are the claims that an injured person pursues when they slip or trip and fall on someone else’s property and sustain injuries and financial damages. There are a variety…
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